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Flight Lieutenant Bill Reid V.C.
Product number:
RAF043
Manufacturer:
King and Country
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Product information "Flight Lieutenant Bill Reid V.C."
Released: 2012/08
Retired: Yes
Description:
On 3 November, 1943 F/Lieut. Reid. Captained Lancaster "O for Oscar" on a
600 bomber raid on Dusseldorf. While passing over Holland his aircraft
was attacked by an Me.110 nightfighter. Bill Reid was seriously wounded
by shell fragments and the Lancaster badly damaged but still flyable.
Bill and his crew pressed on to their target. For his courage, tenacity
and leadership Bill Reid was awarded the Victoria Cross. This brave but
modest Scot passed away in 2001.
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